Chapter 218: Junior Brother, You Are Still Too Kind

Perfected One Shangxuan went very quickly.

Although he was a Sword Cultivator at the perfection of the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, possessing two Innate Divine Abilities and a Superior Spiritual Sword, two fists ultimately could not rival four hands.

After all, no matter how strong he was, he was not a Great Perfected One. Perfection of the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment was still just the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment. Not to mention he wasn’t a direct disciple of a Perfected Lord from the four great forces. Therefore, facing the siege of double-digit Foundation Establishment Perfected Ones, he could only let out a few stifled and aggrieved wails like a defeated dog—

“Fight me one-on-one if you have the ability!”

“Bastard… Bastard!”

With one scream after another, Perfected One Shangxuan hit by a seal from Perfected One Yin Shan on his back, was pierced through from the front by Yu Chan, and had his Divine Sense smashed to pieces by Han Xiang.

His entire body was beaten black and blue by the other Jiangbei Perfected Ones at the Initial Stage of Foundation Establishment using Treasures and Divine Abilities…

Finally, a Divine Ability crashed down.

[Embrace and Guard Mountain]!

Without any power to resist, Perfected One Shangxuan fell directly to the ground. The colorful lights of his Divine Abilities dissipated with a boom, his eyes closed tight, seemingly having lost consciousness.

As for the two Sword Cultivators at the Initial Stage of Foundation Establishment, Sword Master Xuanjin and Sword Master Xuanyin, there was even less need to mention them. Lu Yang and the others didn’t even need to act. The Jiangbei cultivators, who had witnessed what “Saint Sect methods” were, swarmed up. Without any suspense, they captured both of them on the spot.

“Well done.”

Lu Yang looked calm as he sent Perfected One Shangxuan, Sword Master Xuanjin, and Sword Master Xuanyin one by one into [Embrace and Guard Mountain] for suppression. “You have all worked hard this time.”

After speaking, he took out a stack of jade slips.

He sent a wisp of Divine Sense into each jade slip, then directly distributed them to the Jiangbei cultivators present. “You all have merit this time; take these and use them.”

“This is…”

A Foundation Establishment Perfected One from a small sect took a jade slip and swept it with his Divine Sense, his expression instantly becoming excited. “[Fenbao Cliff]’s [Myriad Treasures River] Dao Art.”

“It’s given to you; just keep it.”

Lu Yang’s tone was flat. “There are also the Divine Abilities and cultivation methods of the [Shangxuan Sword Sect]. Later, when I interrogate them out, all Fellow Daoists who took action this time will also get a share.”

“Since you all took action despite the danger, I will not treat you unfairly.” As his voice fell, Lu Yang waved his large hand and directly threw the Superior Spiritual Swords of Perfected One Shangxuan, Sword Master Xuanjin, and Sword Master Xuanyin to the three Foundation Establishment Perfected Ones who contributed the most this time, making the others’ eyes red with envy.

The previous caution was instantly thrown beyond the Ninth Heaven.

Divine Abilities! Cultivation methods! Spirit Treasures!

The sects the people present came from were not large to begin with, and some were simply rogue cultivators. Therefore, obtaining these things was already a sudden windfall for them.

What more needed to be said?

If the group of Jiangbei Perfected Ones had some mood to slack off before, now it was all gone, leaving only hearts full of fervor and fighting spirit.

If not so, it would be insufficient to show their loyalty!

“As for them…” Speaking to this point, Lu Yang looked at the trio of Perfected One Shangxuan again and shook his head. “It wasn’t easy for the three of them to cultivate to this day.”

“My Saint Sect has always treated captives well.”

“How about this— after I finish the interrogation, their Dao Foundations will be fed to my [Avici Sword], their corpses will be taken to refine into Demon Corpses, and their souls will be sent to the Refining Arts Secret Realm for reincarnation.”

Perfected One Yin Shan frowned tightly upon hearing this, then sighed: “Junior Brother, you are still too kind.”

Lu Yang also looked helpless. “Sigh, can’t change it.”

The two spoke one after another, as if it were a matter of course. Beside them, Han Xiang felt colder in her heart the more she listened, and even Yu Chan’s eyelids twitched slightly.

This is fucking kindness?

Does the Saint Sect have some misunderstanding about the definition of kindness?

Little did they know that in the eyes of Lu Yang and Perfected One Yin Shan, I’m letting your soul reincarnate and start over. If this isn’t kind-heartedness, what is?

Moreover, after they reincarnate, maybe they can return to Foundation Establishment?

At that time, we can harvest another wave.

Immediately after, Lu Yang grabbed the three from the Shangxuan Sword Sect and walked into a secret chamber. Taking out the [Myriad Spirits Banner], he called out Chen Xin’an and displayed the [Celestial Mother Transformation Profound Light].

…

One day later.

Lu Yang put away Chen Xin’an, who had a sickly complexion, and casually slaughtered the three from the Shangxuan Sword Sect, who were no longer in human form, with one sword strike. Then, he counted his gains.

First was the [Avici Sword].

One at the perfection of the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment and two at the Initial Stage of Foundation Establishment—feeding such massive resources entirely to the [Avici Sword] resulted in ridiculously huge feedback for its Divine Wonder.

“According to the feedback from [Butcher of Man], the Dao Foundation cultivation methods of these three Sword Cultivators are all of the Metal Element. After killing them, the [Avici Sword]’s countering effect against the Metal Element has reached fifty percent. In other words, as long as it is a Metal Element Divine Ability or Dao Art, its power will immediately decrease by fifty percent in front of the [Avici Sword]!”

This could already be called the nemesis of Sword Cultivators.

It was especially suitable for plotting against Sword Cultivators who knew nothing about this, making them overestimate the power of their own Divine Abilities. Used well, it could even kill people by surprise!

Besides this, there were Perfected One Shangxuan’s memories.

“There really is a cultivation method from the Sword Pavilion!”

This was another major gain for Lu Yang. The Shangxuan Sword Sect received support from the [Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion] and indeed obtained a secretly transmitted cultivation method from the Sword Pavilion.

Its name was—[Great Unity Formless Sword]

“Not a cultivation method for cultivation, but a secret method for refining swords. One can use this method in coordination with a Heavenly Spirit or Earthly Fiend to refine a Superior Spirit Treasure named [Formless Sword].”

“So that’s how it is.”

Lu Yang rubbed his chin, solving a doubt in his heart:

“This Perfected One Shangxuan wasn’t in seclusion to break through to the Late Stage at all, but in seclusion to refine a sword. I was wondering where he got the foundation to dare attempt breaking through to the Late Stage…”

The Late Stage of Foundation Establishment was a heavenly moat!

Even in the Saint Sect, figures like the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak died and their Dao dissipated because of breaking through to the Late Stage. How could a mere Perfected One Shangxuan have the ability to break through to the Late Stage?

According to Perfected One Shangxuan’s memories, he had indeed obtained a Heavenly Spirit or Earthly Fiend suitable for him. However, knowing he had no possibility of achieving the position of a Great Perfected One with it, he planned to use this Heavenly Spirit or Earthly Fiend to refine the [Formless Sword] to enhance his combat power and contribute better in the future great war.

“But now, I’ve gained the advantage.”

Lu Yang smiled slightly, but soon his expression became serious. He then took out a small jade bottle from Perfected One Shangxuan’s storage bag.

Inside the bottle was the Heavenly Spirit Qi obtained by Perfected One Shangxuan.

It was a streak of Xin Metal Qi.

Xin Metal, in the position of Heavenly Stem, is named [Chong Guang]!

“…Coincidence?”

Lu Yang didn’t believe it!

Was there a backup plan left by Perfected One Chong Guang behind this? Was Perfected One Shangxuan obtaining this Heavenly Spirit and refining the [Formless Sword] also within his calculations?

For a moment, countless doubts arose in Lu Yang’s heart.

But at this moment, the heavenly secrets and karma were all suppressed by Perfected Lord Qingcheng Feixue, and no one could calculate them. So he could only guess and could not calculate to verify.

“Did I accidentally ruin Perfected One Chong Guang’s good deed?”

Originally, as a Perfected One at the perfection of the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, Perfected One Shangxuan was the pillar of the [Kingdom of Qing] side, and it was almost impossible for anything to happen to him. After all, his strength was there.

However, Perfected One Chong Guang probably didn’t expect that Lu Yang would rely on a shifting technique, coordinating Dao Arts and Divine Abilities, to forcefully move the entire Shangxuan Sword Sect to Jiangbei, creating a good opportunity for the few to fight the many, and then swarming up to pile this Sword Cultivator to death alive.

“It’s still because I’m too outstanding!”

Thinking of this, Lu Yang couldn’t help but sigh. He didn’t panic, though. “It can still be remedied. Anyway, the item is in my hands; it’s the same if I refine it…”

“…Moreover, this can also give the enemy a little reaction time.”

Thinking of this, Lu Yang glanced in the direction of Zhalong Pass again. He was very clear that his task in going south this time was not to truly destroy the [Kingdom of Qing].

His task was to apply pressure.

What he needed to do was to pull back and forth with the [Kingdom of Qing], creating enough external conflicts to create opportunities for Perfected One Chong Guang, who had reincarnated into the [Kingdom of Qing].

And the destruction of the Shangxuan Sword Sect would presumably be enough to trigger panic on the side of the [Kingdom of Qing].

At that time, what kind of reaction would they have?

And how would Perfected One Chong Guang act?

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